Suva’s mobile EEG software is at the leading edge of research on fatigue in a wide variety of settings. One recent example is a study conducted by members of the University of Victoria’s Theoretical and Applied Neuroscience Lab, which used our technology to investigate levels of cognitive fatigue among emergency room doctors and nurses at Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital.

The study demonstrated that the average cognitive function among the health workers in this important setting was comparable to that of people who have been consuming alcohol. It also clearly shows that cognitive function consistently declines over the course of a shift, which highlights the importance of limiting shift length.

Another important finding of the study is that the health care workers in the study were unable to accurately assess their own fatigue levels. Like people across all walks of life, health care workers simply don’t know how tired they are at any given moment. The need for a technological solution that can reliably measure cognitive fatigue is clear.

One of the many benefits of Suva’s EEG analysis technology is that it can be used as a research tool to help health authorities (and any other type of organization) determine what limits should be placed on shift lengths in the interest of safety and efficiency. Our flagship application Aspire, which is specifically designed to measure cognitive function with a simple, 4-minute test, can also be used as an ongoing evaluation tool that can alert workers to emerging fatigue issues before they become a major problem.

To learn more about how Suva technology can help assess cognitive fatigue in almost any environment, contact us!

This past week, Suva attended the National Safety Council‘s outstanding Workplace Fatigue Conference in Seattle (20-21 February). Represented by our CEO Nolan Beise, Suva took part in the workgroup breakout sessions on Fatigue Risk Management Systems and Fatigue and Technology.

The National Safety Council (founded 1913) is a non-profit organization that boasts a membership of over 55 000 American organizations, ranging from corporations to labour organizations to schools and public agencies. This year’s NSC conference on workplace fatigue was well-attended by consultants, fatigue management companies and representatives from major corporations, the US military, and a broad range of public agencies.

Suva’s Aspire Application

Suva generated great buzz at the conference as Nolan demonstrated the Aspire App and gave many of the conference delegates a chance to directly measure their cognitive fatigue for the very first time with our cutting-edge technology.

We were delighted to find that Suva and the Aspire app were the subject of so much interest. Many conference delegates understood that Aspire is a game-changing, next-generation technology with clear potential to revolutionize fatigue management.

Nolan was approached by and had extended talks with representatives from an array of large multinational corporations, as well as a wide variety of public agencies. In all, Suva had an amazing conference and we look forward to forging productive future relationships with many of the organizations Nolan met.

This photo, and many others like it, are part of the feature on Suva in the CBJ this month!

Here at Suva, we’re really happy to be featured in this month’s issue of the Canadian Business Journal! If you’re looking for a great overview of where we’ve been and where we are headed, we definitely recommend checking it out!

One of Suva‘s most valued partners is Interaxon, the makers of the Muse Headband. At this year’s CES, Interaxon’s Chief Scientist Graeme Moffat and Co-Founder/CTO Chris Aimone gave a terrific talk about how the Muse is making a huge contribution to help push forward the frontiers of what we know about the human brain. We were delighted to have our app Aspire receive a shout-out from Graeme in his discussion of what the Muse is helping make possible. Check out the video below!

Olav gives a talk at the booth of our terrific partners (and fellow Canadians!) at Interaxon, the makers of the Muse Headband.

Not only did we officially unveil Aspire, our amazing new cognitive performance app for iOS, but Olav had a great time demonstrating our technology for the CES masses! Interested in finding out more about he Aspire launch? Check out our official press release!

We’re really looking forward to getting our new app Aspire out there into the world. The world has never had an application that can directly and accurately assess how well a human brain is working at any given time. It can be difficult for people to understand how completely new technologies can benefit them, so we created this poster as one way of helping explain how Aspire could improve our lives!

Anthony used our mobile EEG research technology to focus on what we might be able to learn about baseball batting performance by studying the component of EEG known as beta waves, which are the waves that occur between 12.5 and 30 Hz (that’s 12.5 to 30 cycles per second).

His research builds on previous studies that have suggested that more powerful beta waves are associated with increased motor errors. To put it another way, the more prominent your beta waves, the more likely your brain is to make mistakes when performing the complex physical maneuvers required of elite athletes.

Anthony’s research offers new support for this theory. He measured sixty-seven baseball players before they began their batting practice, and then tracked their performance in that practice. The players that showed lower beta power in the EEG test were the better performers at bat.

Here at Suva we’re doing our part to make humanity’s future in space into a reality. The way we’re doing that is by contributing our technology to preparatory research that is being done for NASA’s planned manned mission to Mars – one of the most exciting steps forward for our species that we can imagine! Under our very own Olav Krigolson‘s guidance, we’re going to be putting a specialized version of our mobile EEG system into the Mars habitat, where it will help researchers learn more about what might happen to the brains of astronauts when we send them on an extended mission to the Red Planet.

Olav recently spoke about this exciting research as part of Exponential Tech Tuesday‘s Health in Space event. Check out the video below!

Suva’s very first technology is an application designed for neuroscience researchers. PEER (it stands for Portable EEG ERP Researcher) is such an important step forward for neuroscientists because it makes it possible for researchers to work outside of a laboratory or hospital setting and measure what is going on with people’s brainwaves in absolutely any setting. Suva’s Dr. Olav Krigolson has already used mobile EEG tech to record brainwaves in some pretty extraordinary settings, such as remote Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas!

PEER uses the Muse Headband from Interaxon and can be used on either an iPad or iPhone

We’ve recently released version 1.0.1 of PEER, which includes fixes for a few issues that came up in our initial release. You can find the app on the Apple Store by clicking here! We’re looking forward to hearing all about how researchers around the world are using PEER to take neuroscience to all sorts of new places!

In a recent episode of the Rick Mercer report, the lovable host took his CBC TV show to the University of Victoria so that he could talk to some of its most interesting professors. And that, of course, included Suva’s very own Dr. Olav Krigolson! Check out the episode below via YouTube. If you’re in a hurry to fast-forward to Olav’s appearance, it starts at the 1:18 mark.